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UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance is a leading provider of life insurance and investment solutions in East Africa, committed to helping individuals and businesses protect their financial futures. With a strong reputation for trust and reliability, the company has earned widespread recognition for its customer-centric approach and innovative financial products. Known for fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and dynamic work culture, UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance offers its employees a chance to grow professionally while contributing to the organization’s purpose of improving the financial well-being of its customers.
With a rich history dating back to 1947, the company has evolved through key mergers and partnerships, including its acquisition by Old Mutual in 2015, to become a market leader in the region. UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance’s business model focuses on delivering accessible and innovative life insurance products tailored to meet the diverse needs of its clients. The company operates across multiple African countries, reaching a wide customer base and continuing to expand its footprint. Core values such as integrity, innovation, customer focus, and responsibility underpin the company's operations, while its commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is reflected in initiatives supporting community development, financial literacy, and sustainability. For more information, visit www.uapoldmutual.co.ug.
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Project Management Officer Job at UAP Old Mutual Insurance
UAP Old Mutual Insurance
Job Description
The Project Management Officer is responsible for managing projects from initiation to completion, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and stakeholder coordination across cross-functional teams and external partners. The role ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget, while supporting business objectives and operational readiness. The position also focuses on long-term commercial value through effective project execution and communication.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, manage, and oversee projects of varying complexity, priority, scale, and risk to ensure successful delivery within agreed timelines, scope, quality standards, and budget.
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with project sponsors, senior management, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic business priorities.
- Develop, maintain, and manage comprehensive project charters, project plans, schedules, and governance documentation in collaboration with cross-functional and cross-organisational teams.
- Work closely with project sponsors, change managers, and business leaders to establish measurable project objectives, key performance indicators (KPIs), and benefit realisation metrics to evaluate project success post-implementation.
- Create and manage detailed project designs, work plans, timelines, resource allocation plans, and budgets, ensuring optimal utilisation of financial, technical, and human resources throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate and monitor day-to-day project activities, deliverables, dependencies, and milestones to ensure timely execution and achievement of identified business benefits and operational outcomes.
- Continuously review project progress and proactively revise schedules, resource plans, and delivery approaches in consultation with senior management and project teams to address changing priorities or emerging risks.
- Develop and maintain appropriate project documentation, templates, forms, reports, and records to ensure accurate tracking, governance, audit readiness, and compliance with organisational standards.
- Establish and maintain secure and well-organised project filing systems to ensure all project information, documentation, approvals, and communications are appropriately stored, accessible, and protected.
- In collaboration with Communication, Change Management, and Human Resource teams, develop and implement stakeholder communication and engagement plans to provide timely updates on project progress, impacts, risks, and organisational changes.
- Engage and collaborate effectively with internal business units, subject matter experts, vendors, technical partners, and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and business-aligned solutions.
- Prepare and present regular project status reports to sponsors, steering committees, and key stakeholders, highlighting progress, risks, issues, budget utilisation, dependencies, and mitigation actions.
- Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies by maintaining up-to-date risk and issue logs, implementing mitigation plans, and escalating critical concerns where necessary.
- Support organisational change management and operational readiness activities to ensure successful implementation, user adoption, and transition of project deliverables into business operations.
- Ensure compliance with organisational policies, governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and project management best practices throughout the project lifecycle.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned, recommending process enhancements, and contributing to the development of project management standards, tools, and methodologies.
- The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring adherence to, implementation of, and adoption of Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Sanctions-related policies, procedures, and process requirements within Old Mutual and its subsidiaries.
- This includes execution of customer due diligence processes, ensuring compliance with Know-Your-Customer (KYC) standards, conducting ongoing and enhanced due diligence, and maintaining data quality.
- Additionally, the role involves identifying and monitoring potential AML, Sanctions, or Compliance breaches and unusual activities, and escalating these concerns to the Risk and Compliance Office for further action.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Apply here: https://oldmutual.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Old_Mutual_Careers/job/KAMPALA/Project-Management-Officer_JR-79294-1
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